Milk-cooler



J. R. ENSMJNGER.

(No Model.)

MILK COULER.

@tamed July?, i885.

UNITED Stains artnr @reiner JOHN R. ENSMNGER, PALMYRA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MLK-COOLER.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN R. Ensmn'enn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Palmyra, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania,have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Coolers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for cooling milk; andthe object is to provide a removable coolingwater reser voir adapted tobe placed and retained in the center of a milk-receptacle to admit ofthe circulation of cold water or air around-said receptacle tofacilitate the raising of the cream.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of my improved apparatus, andFig. 2 is a top view of the water-reservoir and milk-receptacle.

Like letters refer to like parts in the gures.

In the drawings, A represents the milk-receptacle, which is cylindricaland has a conicall bottom, supported on feet c', and provided with anoutlet pipe, A', preferably screwthreaded at its out-er end to receivethe pipe A2, which is retained in position by a bracerod, a, secured tothe bottom of the receptacle. The pipe A2 passes through the side of thewatertank E, and said pipe terminates in a faucet, A, for regulating thedow of the milk.

The cylindrical portion of the milk-receptacle A is provided with acream-line gage, A4, composed of an oblong piece of glass secured on theouter side of the cylinder and having its edges incased in a watertightcovering, which is provided with scalenotations. The milk-receptacle Ais also provided with handles A5, for lifting the same, and on its topedge or rim are a series of hooks, a?, secured thereto, to receivethereunder the ends of the supporting-arms of the water-reservoir andprevent its accidental displacement. This cold-water reservoir B iscylindrical and provided with a conical-shaped bottom. To the sides andupper portion of said reservoir the supportingarms B' are secured, tosuspend it from the edge of the milk-receptacle and in the centerthereof.

The inner sides of the water-reservoir are provided at the upper portionwith a series of projecting lugs, B2, upon which the piston- (No model.)

like stopper C, provided with packing G', rests when in use. Saidstopper is provided with a central tube, C2, which passes therethroughand extends close to the point of the conical bottom of thewater-reservoir. The upper end extends above the reservoir B, and isprovid ed with a funnel, c, to receive the water used. The stopper C isalso provided with a short tube, C3, which extends upward above the topof the reservoir B, to the end of which is connected a rubber hose, G4,to carry off the water which enters the reservoir through the funnel cand the tube C2.

The milk-receptacle is provided with a closett-ing cover, D, having itssides cylindrical, and its top conical-shaped and provided with acentral cylinder, D', open at both ends, and the sides of which titclosely within the top of the Water-reservoir B, above the stopper` (l,and when pressed down into said reservoir it prevent-s the stopper frombeing forced upwardly by the current of the water admitted thereunder. t

The conical top of the cover D is provided with a series oiventilating-holes, D2, provided with hoods D3. Said holes are to providefor the escape of the animal heat and gases contained in the fresh warmmilk. The cover or lid is also provided with handles D".

The milk-receptacle may be inclosed in a cold-water tank, E, the feet aof the milk-receptacle resting upon the bottom of said tank. Cold watermay be made to circulate through the tank by admitting it at the loweropening, E3, and letting it overfiow through the openings E in the sidesthereof at points lower than the top of the receptacle A. The open-l ingE2 can also be used when it is desired to empty the tank E.

Having now fully described my invention, l claiml. In a milk-cooler, thecold-water reservoir B, provided with lugs B2 ou the inner side, andarms B on the outer and upper portion thereof, in combination with thepistonlike stopper G, provided with packing C', a central tube, C2,extending to the bottom thereof, and small tube C3, with hose C*connected thereto, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a milk-cooler, the waterreservoir B,

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provided with hooked arms B, lugs B2, stopper G, provided with packingC', and tubes C2 and C3, in combination with the milk-receptacle A, thecover D, having ventilatingholes D2 and hoods D3, and provided With acentral cylinder, D', and handles D4, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

3. In a milk-cooler, the reservoir B, its

arms B, internal lugs, B2, the piston-like stopper C, its tubes G2 andC, and cover D, having Ventilating-holes D2 and hoods D, in combinationwith the milk-receptacle A, having a conical bottom, its pipe A2, faucetA, feet a at the bottom thereof, and the crealngage A, substantially asand for the purpose de scribed.

4. In a milk-cooler, the combination of the milk -receptacle having,`hooks ai upon its rim, a conical bottom, pipe A2, faucet A3,With theWater-reservoir B, having arms B', to engage with the hooks a2, thepistonlike stopper C, having packing C, tubes C2 and C3, and the coverD, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN R. ENSMINGER.

Vitnesses:

MARTIN EARLY, J. G. STAUFFER.

